I was a competitive ski racer in hs until I dislocated my knee at 16 and found out I had chrondomalacia patella. The sports injury doctor suggested I switch to snowboarding instead, as it would be less likely to twist my knee. I’m 22 now and have been snowboarding for 5 years but have a tough time with a long day on the mountain due to knee pain. I would like to try and strengthen the muscles around my knee in the off season but I can’t remember my pt exercises.

ps. I have strength bands (which I used during my initial pt) if these will help

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This email was going around at my dads work, but everyone i talked to has heard nothing about it.. Just think its kind of interesting if it is true….

We are about to get hit with what may be the strongest storm system in known California history starting Sunday night. If you want full details, you can read the warning below. I’ll give you the summary version of several reports here.
The jet stream that is going to hit Southern California is as powerful as has ever been recorded on this planet before, over 230 mph. The jet is at an extremely unusually low altitude, not 30,000 to 60,000 feet, but coming as low as 8,000 feet. This jet will be traveling over the unusually warm El Nino waters of the eastern pacific, and will be carrying freakish amounts of energy and moisture. A huge series of storms is going to slam into Los Angeles and the surrounding areas just one after another for day after day for up to two weeks.
The initial storms will be very cold, with snow levels as low as 3,000 feet. Heavy rain and snow will be hitting California from San Diego to Eureka . Next week, the driest places will see at least 3 inches of rain, the Los Angeles basin and northern parts of the county and Ventura will see 6 to 10 inches. The wettest areas and cells within the system will hit with up to 20 inches of rain. Snowfall in the Sierras will be measured in the TENS of feet. Powerful winds will be associated with this storm–like a powerful Santa Ana but blowing in the opposite direction, west to east. Gusts up to 80 mph are forecast.
But it gets worse. For the first time that I’m aware of, ALL of the various models are in agreement about the second week of the storm. Normally, beyond a week, the models diverge. But due to the extreme strength of the weather producing factors, this time all of the models produce the same results for the 8-14 day period.
For the week of the 24th, we will be hit with a powerful and WARM series of storms, as strong as any we’ve seen. This heavy warm rainfall will fall onto the newly laid snowpack and what will be totally saturated ground, especially in the burn areas of LA and will produce tremendous melting and runoff, and the potential for record flooding.
Due to the low altitude of the jet stream, 200+ mph winds will slam directly into the Sierras, producing tornado strength winds over a 200 mile wide front. DON’T head to Mammoth for skiing when you hear about the huge snow fall in the first week(25th-31st).(January 2010)
We have a friend who is a Navy weather forecaster and he told us that the military is moving assets east out of the way ahead of this storm. Planes and helicopters are migrating out of the coastal bases and into the interior bases of Arizona and Nevada . They’re taking this very seriously.
This may sound alarmist, but websites I check related to weather modeling are using the word "Biblical" for this system. If you can work from home or commute by train, please plan on doing so.

Now, this makes sence, but has anyone heard about this? or any comments?

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ok so yesterday it was really icyand my knees hurt from skiing and it was almost closing time and i had like 400 ft till the end of the mt and i had taken a rest bc of my knees and i was close to the edge of the mt. and i had waited a couple of mins for my friends to catch up. and im somewhat laying down and i was wearing a helmet. and my friend was on a snowboard and hes a good skier but not boarder. and he tried to do the kick up snow stop and he tried to stop on ice and he slid w/his board right across my face. i couldn’t get up for a few secs and wen i did i fell to the ground bc my hear hurt so much and at this point my other friends attempt to yell for help. and no1 does help us so i decided to go to the bottom of the mt. and i was gonna go to the ski patrol station at the bottom and i went earlier that night about my knees and so i didn’t go and i got home and took some Excedrine extra strength and i couldn’t fall asleep till 12.40 am and while i was up my head and neck hurt and i was sorta dizzy and wen i woke up this morning i have a scare on my jaw and it hurts to move. please help